- Feature articles, essays, and interviews can be 8,000-10,000 words.
- Commentaries can be 1,000-2,000 words.
- Book and film reviews can be 500-1,500 words (exceptions will be considered for review essays).
- Notes can be up to 500 words.
- All submissions should be double spaced, use Times New Roman font with 12 point font size, and have numbered pages.
- Authors must provide any illustrations and captions and are responsible for obtaining all permissions required to publish an illustration. Illustrations should be submitted as EPS or TIFF files.
- Submissions can be submitted either electronically by email attachment or by hard copy with a disk. Work should be saved as a Microsoft Word document. Please complete and include the Black Camera Contributor form with any submission.
- An endnote citation format is required for scholarly essays. Contributors should use the Chicago Manual of Style 15th Edition.
- An abstract of 150-250 words must be included.
- Please include brief biographical, affiliation, and contact information.
- Regrettably, we can neither respond to, guarantee publication of, or return unsolicited manuscripts.
- We reserve the right to make editorial and stylistic changes.
- If a submission is selected for publication, a signed Memorandum of Agreement will be sent and must be signed before publication.
